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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91...
**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
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**82C281/282     Cache Sx/AT         (386SX)                 <08/22/91
***Notes:...
***Info:...
***Configurations:...
***Features:
o   Flexible DRAM Banks Configuration
    - The 82C281/2 supports 256K, 1M, and 4M memory devices, total 
      main memory size can be up to 16MB. A total of 12 different 
      memory configurations are supported.
o   Page Mode Operation
    - Based on the memory configuration shown above [see datasheet], 
      the memory control unit inside the 820281/2 performs page mode 
      of operation with a varying block size of 1k, 2k, or 4k bytes 
      for 256k, 1M, or 4M DRAMs respectively.
o   System BIOS Shadow RAM
    - The 820281/2 memory control unit provides shadow RAM feature for 
      several areas of memory system BIOS, video BIOS, and adapter 
      BIOS.
o   Memory Remapping
    - If shadow RAM feature is not utilized for the memory area 
      between 0D0000H - 0EFFFFH, then memory remapping is possible. 
      The local DRAM areas, 0A0000H - 0BFFFFH and 0D0000H - 0EFFFFH, a 
      total of 256 KByte, are remapped to the top of total system 
      memory. The areas for 0F0000H-0FFFFFH (system BIOS) and 
      0C000H-0CFFFFH (Video BIOS) are reserved for shadow RAM purpose.
o   Flexible Multiplexed DRAM Address
o   Cache Control Subsystem
    - Direct-mapped posted write cache control function provides a low 
      cost alternative to enhance the system performance by up to 50%. 
      In order to simplify the design without increasing the system 
      cost or decreasing performance, the 82C281/2 has been designed 
      to support only non-pipeline mode for systems with cache memory.
      The 82C281/2 offers the following cache control features: 
      - Flexible  Cache Memory Size
        - 4MB Cacheabie main memory by using 16KB low cost SRAM.
        - 8MB Cacheable main memory by using 32KB low cost SRAM.
        - Cache 16MB main memory by using 64KB low cost SRAM.
        - Increase the cache size beyond 64KB up to 512KB
      - Cache Line Size 4 Byte
        - Burst mode memory prefetch is supported by the 82C281/2. 
          During cache read miss cycles, the memory control subsystem 
          will perform two consecutive read cycles to fetch 4 bytes 
          from main memory before terminating the cycle by sending 
          RDYO# signal to 3868X.
      - Non-Cacheable Area
        The non-cacheable areas are predefined as indicated below:
        - I/O address space
        - memory address between 0A0000H and 0FFFFFH.
        - any memory address beyond the current configured memory 
          size.
        - programmable non-cacheable memory area as defined by 
          82C281/2 internal registers.
      - 82C281 Posted Write Cache
        - The 820281 supports flexible direct-mapped cache with posted 
          write through update of main memory. By programming the 
          internal register, the post write control signals are 
          provided by the 820281 to support a one level write buffer. 
          With posted write, the CPU write cycles can be completed in 
          2 CPU T-States, thereby increasing system performance.
      - 820282 Write Through Cache
        - The 820282 supports a write-through cache system which 
          allows the designer to reduce system cost by eliminating two
          F244's and two F373‘s with only a slight reduction in system 
          performance (5-10%).
      - AT Bus Control
        - The 820281/2 AT bus control unit handles all of the AT bus 
          operations and the DMA/Refresh arbitration. The AT bus 
          control unit supports the following features:
          - Programmable AT Bus Clock - The AT bus clock, ATCLK. can 
            be programmed as CLK2/6, which is default, or CLK2/4.
          - Turbo Switch - The 820281/2 provides a turbo switch 
            feature that allows users to change the system clock
            speed. A programmable bit will enable or disable this 
            turbo function. When the turbo function is enabled by 
            setting reg[14H], bit[1] to 1, the 82C281/2 turbo pin 
            then determines the system clock speed. A low on the 
            turbo pin forces the CPU to run at the current AT bus 
            speed which IS CLK2/6 or CLK2/4.



**82C283         386SX System Controller                          c:91...
**82C291         SXWB PC/AT Chipset  (386SX)                      c:91...
**82C295         SLCWB PC/AT Chipset (386SX)                         ?...
**82C381/382     HiD/386             (386DX)                      c:89...
**82C391/392     386WB PC/AT Chipset (386DX)                    <Dec90...
**82C461/462     Notebook PC/AT chipset [no datasheet]               ?...
**82c463         SCNB Single Ship Notebook                        c:92...
**82c465MV/A/B   Single-Chip Mixed Voltage Notebook Solution    <Oct97...
**82C481?/482?   HiP/486 & HiB/486 [no datasheet]                Oct89...
**82C491/392     486WB PC/AT Chipset                         <04/21/91...
**82C493/392     486SXWB                                     <10/21/91...
**82C495SX/392SX LCWB PC/AT chipset [no datasheet]                   ?...
**82C495SLC      DXSLC 386/486 Low Cost Write Back                c:92...
**82C495XLC      PC/AT Chip Set                                   c:93...
**82c496A/B      DXBB PC/AT Chipset                             <Mar92...
**82C496/7       DXBB PC/AT Chipset (Cached)                 <01/16/92...
**82C498         DXWB PC/AT chipset [no datasheet]                   ?...
**82C499         DXSC DX System Controller                        c:93...
**82C546/547     Python PTM3V                                     c:94...
**82C556/7/8     Viper [no datasheet]                                ?...
**82C556/7/8N    Viper-N  Viper Notebook Chipset             <05/25/95...
**82C556M/7M/8E  Viper-N+ Viper Notebook Chipset                  c:96...
**82C566/7/8     Viper-Max Chipset Scalable MultiMedia PC Solution   ?...
**82C571/572     486/Pentium                                      c:93...
**82C576/7/8     Viper Xpress  [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82C576/8/9     Viper XPress+ [no datasheet, some info]     <01/16/97...
**82C596/597     PTMAWB Pentium Adaptive Write-back (Cobra)       c:93...
**82C650/1/2     Discovery (Pentium Pro) [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C681/2/6/7   386/486WB EISA                                   c:92...
**82C683         386/486AWB EISA [no datasheet]                      ?...
**82C693/6/7     Pentium uP Write Back Cache EISA                 c:93...
**82C700         FireStar                                         c:97...
**82C701         FireStar Plus                                    c:97...
**82C750         Vendetta      [no datasheet]                        ?...
**82c801         SCWB2 DX Single Chip Solution                    c:92...
**82C802         SCWB2 PC/AT Single Chip [no datasheet]              ?...
**82C802G/GP     System/Power Management Controller (cached)      c:93...
**82C895         System/Power Management Controller (cached)   c:Sep94...
**82C898         System/Power Management Controller (non-cache)c:Nov94...
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**82C601/2       Buffer Devices                                 <Nov94...
**82C822         PCIB (VLB-to-PCI bridge)                         c:94...
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*Winbond...
**W83877F         WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <96
***Info:
GENERAL DESCRIPTION

One of Winbond's popular series of I/O chips, the W83877F integrates a
disk  drive  adapter,  serial  port  (UART), parallel  port,  IDE  bus
interface, and game port decoder onto a single chip. The W83877F is an
enhanced  version of  the W83777F,  with additional  powerful features
such as  configurable plug-and-play registers  for the whole  chip and
infrared support in one of the serial ports.

The disk drive adapter functions  of the W83877F include a floppy disk
drive controller compatible with the industry standard 82077/765, data
separator,  write pre-compensation  circuit, decode  logic,  data rate
selection,  clock  generator,   drive  interface  control  logic,  and
interrupt and DMA  logic. The wide range of  functions integrated onto
the  W83877F greatly  reduces the  number of  components  required for
interfacing with  floppy disk drives. The W83877F  supports four 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M, or 2.88M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250
Kb/S, 300 Kb/S, 500 Kb/S, and 1 Mb/S.

The  W83877F  provides   two  high-speed  serial  communication  ports
(UARTs),  one of  which supports  serial Infrared  communication. Each
UART includes  a 16-byte send/receive  FIFO, a programmable  baud rate
generator,  complete   modem  control  capability,   and  a  processor
interrupt system.

The  W83877F  supports  one  PC-compatible  printer  port.  Additional
bidirectional  I/O  capability is  available  by  hardware control  or
software  programming. The  parallel port  also supports  the Enhanced
Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).

The W83877F supports two embedded  hard disk drive (AT bus) interfaces
and a game  port with decoded read/write output.  The chip's Extension
FDD Mode and Extension 2FDD Mode allow one or two external floppy disk
drives to be  connected to the computer through  the printer interface
pins in notebook computer applications.

The Extension Adapter Mode of  the W83877F allows pocket devices to be
installed  through the  printer  interface pins  in notebook  computer
applications according to a protocol set by Winbond, but with upgraded
performance. The JOYSTICK mode allows  a joystick to be connected to a
parallel port with a signal switching cable.

The configuration  registers support mode  selection, function enable/
disable,  and  power down  function  selection.   Moreover, the  conf-
igurable PnP  registers are compatible with  the plug-and-play feature
in Windows 95 , which  makes system resource allocation more efficient
than ever.
***Versions:...
***Features:...
**W83877TF/TG/TD  WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977F/G/AF/AG WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977TF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977EF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
**W83977ATF       WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
**
**Disk Controller:
**W83759/A/F/AF   Advanced VL-IDE Disk Controller                  <96...
**W83769          Local Bus IDE Solution                           <94...
**
**UARTS:
**W86C250A  UART (equivalent of INS8C250A) [no datasheet]
**W86C450/P Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter         <Jul89...
**W86C451   I/O controller for IBM PC/AT/XT                     <Jul89...
**W86C452   I/O controller for IBM PC/AT                         Jul89...
**W86C456   I/O controller [no datasheet]                            ?
**W860551/P UART with FIFO and Printer Port Controller             <94...
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